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Nickbat Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7167 London NW7 Gender: Drives: 2002 2.6CD Auto	Glad I don't live in Nottingham... 14. May 2008 at 08:38 ... but then, again, I expect a few others will follow suit. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1953028/Commuters-face-andpound185-tax-to... More thieving from motorists.
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #1 - 14. May 2008 at 08:43 What a great idea, not! here we go again
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dbug Omega Lord Offline Dont knock Linux! Posts: 7822 Northants Gender: Drives: 98 V6 Elite auto	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #2 - 14. May 2008 at 08:44 Labour Council They'll charge for having a dump next
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #3 - 14. May 2008 at 08:46 dbug wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:44: Labour Council They'll charge for having a dump next Dont give em ideas!
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #4 - 14. May 2008 at 08:47 dbug wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:44: Labour Council They'll charge for having a dump next They did better than that.......when re-modeling slab square they removed the public toilets and didn't replace them............so you can't have a dump anyway!
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #5 - 14. May 2008 at 08:54 It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! Clever questioning I think.
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Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham...
Reply #6 - 14. May 2008 at 09:01

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! Huh

Clever questioning I think. Angry

This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax.

If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

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Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham...
Reply #7 - 14. May 2008 at 09:17

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! Huh

Clever questioning I think. Angry

This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax.

If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane?

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Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham...
Reply #8 - 14. May 2008 at 09:37

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:17:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! Huh

Clever questioning I think. Angry

This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax.

If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane?

In Nottingham, not many.

They plan to use the money to extend the tram system so there is likely to be at least a 4-5 year period where no other real viable alternatives exist.

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Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham...
Reply #9 - 14. May 2008 at 09:48

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:37:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:17:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! Huh

Clever questioning I think. Angry

This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax.

If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane?

In Nottingham, not many.

They plan to use the money to extend the tram system so there is likely to be at least a 4-5 year period where no other real viable alternatives exist.

They've planning to extend the Metro Link system for years. So far that's all they've done ..... planned.

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Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham...
Reply #10 - 14. May 2008 at 09:50

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:48:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:37:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:17:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 14. May 2008 at 09:01:

Andy B wrote on 14. May 2008 at 08:54:

It all seems to have gone a bit quiet at the moment, but Manchester was considering acongestion charge & apparently 53% of a poll supported the idea! Huh

Clever questioning I think. Angry

This isnt a congestion charge, its a work place tax.

If you work and park within the city boundaries then you get taxed for the pleasure.....

I read it it. Same end result though. The motorist get finacially clobbered again for going to work in his/her car. How many shift workers for example could travel 20 miles to get to work for 6 in the morning by bus/train/tram/ferry/plane?

In Nottingham, not many.

They plan to use the money to extend the tram system so there is likely to be at least a 4-5 year period where no other real viable alternatives exist.

They've planning to extend the Metro Link system for years. So far that's all they've done ..... planned.

Yup, they started planning tram lines 2 and 3 12 years ago and think they might start in 2012......only the public sector can take 16 years to get something moving!

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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #11 - 14. May 2008 at 10:25 May be more cost effective to move a business to a different area. If they have say 200 spots, that is 37,000 rising to 60,000 a year. But then they may just pay it. For a smaller company with rented premises - just move
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Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham...
Reply #12 - 14. May 2008 at 15:12

I spent 8 months working at Heathrow and living on the South Coast it was physically impossible to use public transport to commute unless I could reduce my working day to 4 hours. At that it would have involved a 6 hour commute each way, driving my own car it was normally less than 90 minutes each way thanks to the chunk where the M25 was the only option.

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omegaman2 Omega Knight Offline cruise , tints, shinbuster,advanced drinking test Posts: 1097 Kilsyth, Glasgow G65 Gender: Drives: 2.2dti CD 2003 manual saloon	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #13 - 14. May 2008 at 15:13 never mind that if you work in glasgows royal infimary it will cost you 50£ a month
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Kevin Wood Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Posts: 20377 Alton, Hampshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 MV6 (LPG), Westfield	Re: Glad I don't live in Nottingham... Reply #14 - 14. May 2008 at 16:46 Surely all this means is that workplaces will have insufficient parking spaces. Everyone will still drive to work because the mythical public transport option simply doesn't exist and business parks will be littered with cars abandoned all over the place. Kevin
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